19-year-old man stabs friend to death

Police have arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death his 16-year-old friend, at Abuakwa Sepaase in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

The deceased, Kojo Appiah, is said to have borrowed clothes from the suspect, Nyamekye Beckham.

According to the mother of the deceased, Afia Rita, when the suspect approached Appiah for his clothes, it degenerated into a misunderstanding.

Rita indicated that Appiah said he no longer needed his clothes, and rather demanded GHS40 from her son.

She said there was misunderstanding between the son and the friend and he (suspect) stabbed her son, and he was rushed to the Afari Government Hospital, but died upon arrival.

Appiah is currently in police custody assisting in investigations. – classfmonline.com